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nostromo
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U.S. to require negative Covid-19 tests for intern...
Covid testing hasn't been, and still isn't, universally available. Mexico, to pick one neighboring country with a lot of cross-border traffic and cultural ties to the US, has done 97% fewer tests than the US has, for example.
graeme
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Do you mean per capita? If mexico did 97% less as an absolute number that would mean they test more than the US per capita.
smnrchrds
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Population of Mexico is 38% of the population of the US, not less than 3%.
graeme
on Jan 13, 2021
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Oops I read it backwards, as the US testing 97% more. My mistake.
doubleunplussed
on Jan 12, 2021
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How do you figure? Mexico and the US's populations only differ by a factor of ~2, and Mexico is the smaller one.
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